I watched Usain Bolt break another World Record today. This time at 200 meters. It's like Robert Duvall playing Max Mercy in "The Natural": "I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s incredible! Anything he wants to do, he does!"

First of all, he comes out in a warmup with the line, "Ich bin ein Berlino", in tribute to the goofy World Championship mascot, Berlino. Then in the intros, he yells, "Come get me!".

Then he runs the race. I can't put it into the words. Makes up the stagger on the turn, in, oh, only about 30 meters. Then he keeps widening his lead. He runs a 19.19! Records falling in the 200 are rare and now he's done it twice in a year. The rest of the field is running in the 19.8's. That is beyond comprehension.

Then after the race, he starts clowning around with the mascot. Hey, Berlino does a nice lightning bolt, I must say. OK, Bolt and Berlino lining up and racing was a bit much, but I can't remember anyone lately in track with the charisma that this guy has.

I've already decided that I gotta see this guy in person.

Yeah, He's Fast



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Lookee here. Cleveland Browns Stadium made the latest cut of venues that may host World Cup matches if the USA wins a bid in 2018 or 2022. Looks like Detroit is our closest rival.

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I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for those annoying Facebookers.

Hey, whatever happened to those kids from "Slumdog Millionaire"? Shouldn't we have waited a little bit longer to ask that?

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Shaq stole the idea of "Shaq Vs." from Steve Nash. Don't worry, Nash is getting paid.

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